Shangari Vijenthira1, Samia Saeed2*, Liying Zhang, PhD3*, Reda Siddiqui4*, Sophia Massin2*, Chantal Armali3*, Amie Kron, MSc, BSc5*, Omar Hajjaj3*, Iran Rashedi, MD PhD3*, Harley Meirovich3*, Farzana Tasmin, MPH, MBBS, MT2*, Widad Abdulwabab3*, Lisa Manswell6*, Cesario Ilagan7*, Jacob Pendergrast, MD, FRCPC8,9, Lani Lieberman, MD10,11*, Donald R. R. Branch, PhD9,12, Aditi Khandelwal, MD13, Nadine Shehata, MD, FRCPC, MSc14,15, Katerina Pavenski, MD, FRCPC9,16, Yulia Lin, MD, FRCPC17, Jeannie L Callum, MD9,18 and Christine M. Cserti-Gazdewich, BSc, MD, FRCPC2,9
1Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Kingston, ON, Canada
2Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
3Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
4Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
5Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, CAN
6St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
7Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
8Laboratory Medicine Program, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
9Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
10Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
11Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
12Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, CAN
13Canadian Blood Services, Toronto, ON, Canada
14Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
15Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, CAN
16St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
17Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
18Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada